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Bob Pockrass FOX Motorsports Insider <!–> With the Texas race being so chaotic, this week’s power rankings consist of a mix of those who made it through all the wrecks and those who appeared strong before being in an accident. The top-two didn’t change: Kyle Larson, who finished fourth, remains atop the list and William…
<!–> It’s been another rough season for the Chicago Bulls, as they play under-.500 basketball for the seventh time in the past eight seasons. To make matters worse, the banners from the franchise’s golden age (the team’s two three-peats in the 1990s) won’t be displayed in the United Center for the rest of the 2024-25…
Palantir is profiting from a “revolving door” of executives and officials passing between the $264bn data intelligence company and high level positions in Washington and Westminster, creating an influence network who have guided its extraordinary growth.The US group, whose billionaire chair Peter Thiel has been a key backer of Donald Trump, has enjoyed an astonishing…
Unlock the Editor’s Digest for free Roula Khalaf, Editor of the FT, selects her favourite stories in this weekly newsletter. As you might expect, the protests have been creative, even quirky. More than 1,000 artists, including Annie Lennox and Kate Bush, supported the release this week of a silent album containing nothing more than background…
<!–> Milwaukee Brewers pitcher Nestor Cortes had a return to Yankee Stadium to forget on Saturday. A day later, Cortes reflected on allowing five of the Yankees’ team-record nine homers and lasting two-plus innings in a 20-9 loss. “It’s not a good feeling,” Cortes said. “So obviously didn’t go the way I planned.” Cortes left…
<!–> Stephen Curry isn’t going to try to “be Superman” and force his way back to the Golden State Warriors for Game 5. As he told ESPN on Monday night after a Game 4 Warriors’ loss to the Wolves in the Western Conference semifinals, “Even if I wanted to be Superman, I couldn’t.” The Wolves are…
Michael Cohen College Football and College Basketball Writer <!–> STORRS, Conn. — Shortly after 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday evening, more than two hours before tipoff against No. 20 Marquette, the hulking figure of Tarris Reed Jr. emerges from the tunnel at Gampel Pavilion for early warmups. His frame is every bit of the 6-foot-10, 260 pounds…
Eric Williams NFL Reporter <!–> Whether it was Houston Texans GM Nick Caserio engineering a league-high seven trades or new Jacksonville Jaguars personnel head James Gladstone pulling off the surprise trade of this year’s draft, moving up three spots to take two-way player Travis Hunter at No. 2 overall, NFL teams pulled out all the…
Chris Fallica FOX Sports Wagering Expert <!–> If it feels like this recent run of champions, and sports as a whole, has been a little bit chalky and predictable, that feeling would be accurate. What has resulted for underdog and contrarian bettors has been a bit of a dry spell. So, while there’s little solace…
The US and its G7 partners have warned Moscow they could expand sanctions and use frozen Russian assets to support Ukraine, as Donald Trump seeks to win over Vladimir Putin to his ceasefire proposal. After a week in which Kyiv signed up to the 30-day truce but Moscow signalled reluctance to do so immediately, US…
